HgCapital Trust plc (LON:HGT - Get Free Report) insider Helena Coles acquired 350 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 15th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 483 ($6.42) per share, for a total transaction of £1,690.50 ($2,247.71).
Helena Coles also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Thursday, March 20th, Helena Coles purchased 3,033 shares of HgCapital Trust stock. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 494 ($6.57) per share, for a total transaction of £14,983.02 ($19,921.58).
HgCapital Trust Price Performance
HgCapital Trust stock traded up GBX 16.50 ($0.22) during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching GBX 504 ($6.70). 401,871 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 747,451. The business's 50-day moving average is GBX 503.66 and its 200-day moving average is GBX 514.90. HgCapital Trust plc has a 12-month low of GBX 420 ($5.58) and a 12-month high of GBX 550 ($7.31). The stock has a market capitalization of £2.34 billion, a PE ratio of 8.33 and a beta of 0.44.
HgCapital Trust (LON:HGT - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Monday, March 10th. The investment trust reported GBX 4.77 ($0.06) EPS for the quarter. HgCapital Trust had a net margin of 91.03% and a return on equity of 11.93%.
HgCapital Trust Increases Dividend
The company also recently announced a dividend, which will be paid on Monday, May 19th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 20th will be issued a GBX 3.50 ($0.05) dividend. This represents a yield of 0.7%. This is a positive change from HgCapital Trust's previous dividend of $2.00. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 20th. HgCapital Trust's dividend payout ratio is currently 11.57%.
About HgCapital Trust
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HgT provides investors with a unique opportunity to participate in the growth in value of a portfolio of c.50 private companies sourced by Hg. Value is created through implementing an investment strategy focused on software and business service companies with resilient, recurring revenue streams and from leveraging the network and expertise of Hg to support management teams to deliver the full potential of their respective businesses.
With highly predictable and stable cash flows, the top 20 businesses (representing 76% by value of HGT's investments) reported aggregate sales of £10.6 billion and EBITDA of £3.3 billion over the last 12 months, equating to an EBITDA margin of 31%.
Hg brings to HgT an experienced team of c.400 employees, including c.
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